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AMD Catalyst 13.4 Final

This is pretty much the Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3 with a few additional fixes and new hardware support, nothing special. Laptop brightness adjustment is still broken. There should be a Catalyst 13.5 Beta next week with some new stuff.

Bummer. It kills my VTs if i boot with kernels > than 3.7.
The x server runs just fine, but i cannot change to another VT, i get a blank screen (but the monitor has signal). I have Debian 64 bit with the 3.9 kernel and an A8-5500 APU.

Or use the shiny new (and annoying) gfxpayload command. That doesnt work as simple as the above older one since you have to put it BEFORE the 'linux...' command in the grub entry (as instructed by the boot message). Putting it in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX via /etc/default/grub does exactly nothing, it HAS to be BEFORE the 'linux...' command.

So. How? I personally had to manually mess with /boot/grub/grub.cfg file since i couldnt figure it to do it properly via /etc/default/grub+update-grub.
So there you have my working entry (see the set gfxpayload entry):

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Or use the shiny new (and annoying) gfxpayload command. That doesnt work as simple as the above older one since you have to put it BEFORE the 'linux...' command in the grub entry (as instructed by the boot message). Putting it in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX via /etc/default/grub does exactly nothing, it HAS to be BEFORE the 'linux...' command.

So. How? I personally had to manually mess with /boot/grub/grub.cfg file since i couldnt figure it to do it properly via /etc/default/grub+update-grub.

You should try adding a new variable in your /etc/default/grub :

Code:

GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024x24,1280x1024

then update-grub

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Bummer. It kills my VTs if i boot with kernels > than 3.7.
The x server runs just fine, but i cannot change to another VT, i get a blank screen (but the monitor has signal). I have Debian 64 bit with the 3.9 kernel and an A8-5500 APU.

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How long do I have to wait to get crossfire support for my 2 HD6950s in linux?!? I have it in windows, it works in windows, I HATE windows. I use it about 1 once a month on my desktop. Rest of the time is all linux.

Bridgeman, can you possibly talk to someone about this issue? I mean, seriously, its 2yr old tech.

I open amdcccle, set crossfire. It tells me OK reboot. I do. Open amdcccle, shows crossfire is disabled.. WTF?! Try again, still nothing. All 3 monitors are the same monitor, running the same resolution, Both Cards are HD6950s with 2GB of GDDR5.

I've bought nothing but AMD/ATI stuff for 20 years. I'm getting to the point where I feel betrayed as a loyal fan and customer. Looks like I will not be upgrading to 2 cards next time around. Why bother when crossfire isn't going to work? I've reported the issue to AMD before. Nothing happens. Heck, the Feedback page hasn't been updated to even show any drivers past the 12.X series!

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How long do I have to wait to get crossfire support for my 2 HD6950s in linux?!? I have it in windows, it works in windows, I HATE windows. I use it about 1 once a month on my desktop. Rest of the time is all linux.

Bridgeman, can you possibly talk to someone about this issue? I mean, seriously, its 2yr old tech.

I open amdcccle, set crossfire. It tells me OK reboot. I do. Open amdcccle, shows crossfire is disabled.. WTF?! Try again, still nothing. All 3 monitors are the same monitor, running the same resolution, Both Cards are HD6950s with 2GB of GDDR5.

I've bought nothing but AMD/ATI stuff for 20 years. I'm getting to the point where I feel betrayed as a loyal fan and customer. Looks like I will not be upgrading to 2 cards next time around. Why bother when crossfire isn't going to work? I've reported the issue to AMD before. Nothing happens. Heck, the Feedback page hasn't been updated to even show any drivers past the 12.X series!

Offer one of your HD6950 to anyone who introduces crossfire in opensource driver. Thats the right way to go.
Also, crossfire is pretty advanced tech. Don't feel betrayed, they have working opensource driver with high performance. Feeling betrayed WOULD be correct IMHO for things like Nvidia cutting some of OpenGL extensions (accelerations) because they feel you are not allowed to use them, because you have desktop card. Just compare...